Structure, function and regulation of spliceosomal RNA helicases

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 431-438

  Cordin, Olivier ^a   Hahn, Daniela ^a   Beggs, Jean D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DEAH BOX HELICASE PRP43; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RNA HELICASE; SKI2 LIKE RNA HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSPORT; SPLICEOSOME;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RNA HELICASES; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 84861984263     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2012.03.004     Document Type: Review

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